American Married to a North Korean
Interesting article in the Korea Times from an American married to a North Korean.
I am a U.S. citizen who is married to a North Korean Defector. Perhaps the only one. I met my wife in China and assisted her in getting to a third country to surrender at a South Korean Embassy. This was not easy and was very costly. When we finally got to the third country safely and went to the South Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in order for her to surrender, she was rejected. The consul there told us to go to the U.S. Embassy. Only after repeated threats by myself and friends, who were newspaper reporters, was she given a Korean visa in order for her to go to Korea and surrender.
In talking to other defectors, they also give similar stories of getting into South Korean missions in China only to be tossed out and told to go to another country.
Also, the welcome here was not warm. When we arrived in Seoul, both my wife and I were both physically and verbal abused by personnel of the NIS. There were no welcoming flowers or press, only harsh questions and abusive language. The harassment still continues with threatening phone calls from police and the NIS.
Please don’t be fooled by the propaganda of this administration.
Marc Simkins Seoul, Korea
Interesting, he is the only American I have ever heard of married to a North Korean. Anyone else hear of any other similar stories?
I asked my dad why many South Koreans hate North Koreans. He said that in the mid-50's, North Koreans slaughtered many innocent South Korean civilians. South Koreans still harbor this resentment. It seems to me that Koreans never let the past go. I wish they would.